Statistics NZ

Net migration gain in May down 25.5% compared to a year ago
22 Jun 18, 11:36am
Greg Ninness
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Population growth from migration continues slowing with big drops in gains from China, India and the UK, Statistics NZ says
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Nearly 20% of central Auckland properties being sold to overseas buyers
7 Jun 18, 11:39am
Greg Ninness
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Overseas house buyer activity is concentrated in places like Auckland and Queenstown
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New houses are getting smaller in Auckland, bringing building costs down
5 Jun 18, 2:21pm
Greg Ninness
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There's been a drop in the average size of new houses and townhouses being built in Auckland, which may help bring prices down
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Building consents rise in Auckland, fall in most other regions
30 May 18, 11:21am
Greg Ninness
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Good news for Aucklanders with the number of new dwelling consents up and average values falling, suggesting a shift towards more affordable new housing
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Monthly migration gain smallest since May 2014
21 May 18, 11:27am
David Hargreaves
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Rising numbers of non-New Zealanders are continuing to leave, pushing net migration down from high levels to an annual gain of 67,000 in April, down nearly 5000 from a year earlier
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Unraveling some of the mysteries of rent behaviour
4 May 18, 12:25pm
Rodney Dickens
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Rodney Dickens doubts landlords' costs drive rents, suggesting it's more likely income growth does. But he finds there is confusion in the data with the biggest threat from inflation
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Unemployment falls for fifth consecutive quarter
2 May 18, 10:57am
Jason Walls
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New Zealand’s unemployment rate drops to 4.4%, in line with the Reserve Bank’s forecast
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High density housing spurs growth
1 May 18, 11:09am
David Hargreaves
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Statistics New Zealand says there were 2926 new homes consented nationally in March, up 5.3% on the same month a year earlier; Auckland had 1082 consents, up 14.9%
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March migration gain smallest in four years
24 Apr 18, 11:05am
David Hargreaves
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Immigration is continuing to drop from very high levels spurred by rising numbers of departing non-New Zealanders; over 3000 non-Kiwis left in March - a record for a March month
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Growth in new home construction is stalling
29 Mar 18, 11:17am
Greg Ninness
24 comments
The number of new homes consented in February fell year-on-year and the annual growth rate is slowing
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Annual Auckland GDP tops $100 bln for the first time
21 Mar 18, 1:22pm
Gareth Vaughan
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Auckland region's annual GDP bigger than Wellington, Canterbury and Waikato's combined, Statistics NZ figures show
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February's net migration gain the lowest for two years
21 Mar 18, 11:24am
Greg Ninness
24 comments
Migration gain continues its downward path with more non-New Zealand citizens returning home
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The economy shifts down a gear, GDP data shows
15 Mar 18, 11:22am
Jason Walls
37 comments
New Zealand’s economy grew by a whisker under 3% last year as GDP data for the fourth quarter of 2017 came in under market expectations – the growth figure is more than 1% off 2016’s figure
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New dwelling consents in Auckland up 40% compared to a year ago
2 Mar 18, 11:21am
Greg Ninness
71 comments
Encouraging start to year with building consents up strongly in Auckland compared to a year ago
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Recent trend of declining migration gain looks fairly fragile
28 Feb 18, 11:22am
Greg Ninness
78 comments
Annual net gain from migration down 1.6% to 70,147 in year to January
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The recent drop in migration levels may not last
18 Feb 18, 7:02am
Greg Ninness
40 comments
This government could find itself with a worse housing crisis on its plate than the one it inherited from National, Greg Ninness suggests
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Unemployment falls to almost decade low
7 Feb 18, 11:06am
Jason Walls
6 comments
At 4.5%, New Zealand’s unemployment rate is at its lowest since December 2008 and there are some promising signs wage inflation is beginning to pick up some steam
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New residential building consents down 1.6% compared to a year ago
2 Feb 18, 11:34am
Greg Ninness
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New dwelling consents took a dip in December but were up 3.4% for the year
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Net migration keeps trickling back from peak highs
2 Feb 18, 11:28am
Jenée Tibshraeny
78 comments
Net migration fell by nearly 7% in December 2017 compared to the same month the previous year; Annual net migration slipped to 70,000
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CPI components updated
12 Jan 18, 2:25pm
David Chaston
3 comments
Statistics NZ completes its 3-yearly review of CPI components that monitor consumer inflation. Food and housing are weighted a little higher in this new review
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21 Dec 17, 10:51am
GDP grew 0.6% in September quarter
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20 Dec 17, 11:42am
Migration turning point
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5 Dec 17, 11:21am
Construction activity up 23.4% in Wellington, 13.1% in Auckland, down 16.7% in Canterbury
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22 Nov 17, 11:42am
A record net migration of 70,694 in year to October
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8 Nov 17, 11:30am
Rents rising at twice the pace of average take home pay
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31 Oct 17, 11:36am
Housing crisis worsens after fall in new dwelling consents in September
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24 Oct 17, 12:12pm
Auckland's population grew by nearly 43k in June year, housing shortfall grows to 25k
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20 Oct 17, 11:37am
Net migration starting to slowly fall from record highs
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3 Oct 17, 11:53am
Asians expected to make up 22% of this country's population by 2038
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2 Oct 17, 10:52am
Net migration gains may finally have started heading downwards
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29 Sep 17, 11:24am
New dwelling consents up strongly in August
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21 Sep 17, 11:34am
Migrant arrivals reach a record high of 132,153 in August year
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21 Sep 17, 11:06am
GDP grows 0.8% in June quarter
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5 Sep 17, 2:55pm
Building activity falls for second quarter in a row
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30 Aug 17, 11:10am
Building not booming like it needs to
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26 Aug 17, 10:52am
Supply of new homes
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21 Aug 17, 11:25am
Net migration gain hits another record of 72,402 in July year
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14 Aug 17, 11:32am
NZ population up by almost 390k in just 5 years
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7 Aug 17, 2:55pm
In search of an Auckland house building boom
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31 Jul 17, 3:00pm
Cold, damp & mouldy housing becomes a census topic
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31 Jul 17, 11:15am
New dwelling consents down 7% in June compared to May
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21 Jul 17, 11:28am
Migration gain hits fresh record of 72,305 in June year
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14 Jul 17, 10:13am
Easing off on the gas
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7 Jul 17, 9:50am
Around 10% of new homes consented in Auckland may not get built
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3 Jul 17, 1:21pm
18,000 new Auckland homes a year, anybody?
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